Fire-extinguishing device



0. R.' ERWIN AND H. V. GLOS.

FIRE EXTINGUISHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION man DEc.1o, 1920.

1,401,328, I l Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

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ORLANDO B. EB'WIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND HAROLD V. GLOS, OF CHICAGO, ILLI..

NCIS, ASSIGNORS T0 FOAMITE FIREFOAM COMPANY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., A COR- PORATION DELAWARE.

FIRE-EXTINGUISHING DEVICE.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Deo. 27, 1921.

yApplication led December 10, 1920. Serial No. 429,639.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, ORLANDO R. ERWIN and HAROLD V. Gnos, citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of New York city, in the county of Queens and State of New York, and Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire-Extinguishing Devices, of which the following isa specilication.

Our invention relates generally to a fire extinguishing device, and'more particularly to a receptacle for containing a fire extinuishing charge and has special reference to t e provision of a receptacle ofthe character referred to which may be conveniently mounted in a receptacle holder for ready access and which may be easily manipulated for discharging the contents of the receptacle in case of fire.

It has been found desirable in the art of fire extinguishers to provide a receptacle for a lire extinguishing charge suitable for convenient access in a conveyance such as an automobile, motor truck, motor boat, or aeroplane, which Shall combine the charactersistics of being of relatively small compass, bein conveniently mounted for easy access and manipulation in vcases of fire emergencies, havin no interior operating parts in order to e iminate any chances of failure Ato operate and of being made of the fewest of parts for facility of operation in both 'charging and discharging, and for cheapness of manufacture.

`The principal objects of our invention therefore involve, in addition to the provision of a receptacle and a holder therefor having the above mentioned characteristics; the further provision of a novel receptacle of the class referred to in which the fire extinguishing charge is held in a container, which charge is 1ntended to be vpoured into a dispensing cup mounted on the container and then dashed from the dispensing cup on to the fire, the container and the cup being so constructed and arranged as to be easily mounted on and demounted from a holder associated therewith.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, our invention consists in the elements and their relation one to the other, as

hereinafter particularly described and then sought to be defined in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings showing a preferred embodiment of our invention an in which- Figure l is a side elevational view of the receptacle and the holder therefor, parts being shown in section to disclose the interior construction thereof,

Fig. 2 is a right end view of the same, and

liig. 3 is a left end view of the same.

Means is provided Vfor holding a fire extinguishing charge such, for. example, as carbon tetrachlorid, which comprises preferably a container designated generally as 5, having in its preferred form a body portion 6 of relatively wide diameter and a closure end 7 of relatively small diameter, said container being preferably transparent and made of glass or other fra ile transparent material and being of t e size to hold, for example, a q'uart of fire extinguishing charge, the contalner having preferably a dished bottom 8. Mounted over the neck portion 7 is a cap 9, said cap defining a socket l0 in which is mounted the closure means for the container, said closure means consisting preferably of a cylindrical stopper 11 adapted to be inserted in the neck of the container and a disk stopper 12 adapted to fit between the top of the neck and the cap 9, the said Stoppers being ofany desirable material, such as cork or rubber and being retained in the socket l0, preferably by being fitted over a shank 13 formed centrally and preferably integrally `with the cap 9, said shank having a threaded end portion 141L receiving a nut 15, which is seated against the stopper l1, retaining the Stoppers in fixed position in the said socket 10. The cap 9 is formed preferably integrally with fingers 16, which are adapted to be rasped by the hand of the operator to a ord easy removal of the closure means from the neck of the container.

For the purpose of suitably supporting one end of the container, means is provided which preferably is made integral with the cap 9,` said means consisting of a stud 17 which is adapted to be retained in the holder, said stud being provided with an enlarged head 18 to prevent endwise movement in one direction of the container in the holder.

In the event of fire the carbon tetrachlorid charge in the container is adapted l to be irst poured into a dispensing cup and from the dispensing cup on to the fire. For convenience, a dispensing cup 19 is provided having a dished bottom 2O litting on the dished bottom 8 of the container, the cup being thus adapted to be mounted over the bottom end of the container, as clearly shown in the drawings.

Means is provided for indicating the location of the extinguisher at night or in dark places which consists of an illuminating means and preferably of a radium spotlight or radiolight 21 mounted on. a rod 22 connected to the shank 13 in any desired manner.

The container is intended to be mounted in any convenient part of the vehicle for ready access in case of fire. To this end means is provided for conveniently supporting the container, which means preferably consists of a U-shaped holder 22 having end portions 23 and 24 respectively, this holder eing adapted to be mounted on any convenient portion of the conveyance in any desired manner, as shown in the drawings. To the bottom of the holder is attached a spring clamp bracket 25 adapted to encircle the body portion of the container and preferably the body portion of the cup 19 mounted on the container, as shown in the drawings. End portion 24 is provided with a forked top 26, the stud 17 of the container' being adapted to be mounted between the prongs of the fork, the closure end of the container thus being easily demountable from the holder by a simple upward movement of the cap and stud from the forked member 26.

Means is provided to prevent endwise movement of the receptacle in the holder, which consists of a threaded shank 27 rotatable in a tapped bore 28 formed in the end portion 23, the said shank being provided, at one end with a head 29 suitably contoured to fit the dished bottom of cup 19, said shank being provided at the other end with a thumb piece 30 serving for convenient manipulation of the shank and its head.

In operation, in the event of re emergencies, the radiant spotlight will readily indicate to the operator the position of the lre extinguishing device. The receptacle is removed from the holder by a simple upward ull of the said receptacle, freeing the stud l? from the forked end 26 and the body portion of the container from the spring clamp bracket 25, the container being then grasped in one hand and the cap 9 with the attached Stoppers and spotlight removed by v grasping the fingers 16 of the cap with the for engagin tainer, the said container being then returned to the holder, as will be obvious. The receptacle being transparent, the liquid level can be seen at all times, thus indicating when refilling is necessary. Itecharging may be obviously done by an inexperienced person without the use of any tools and without the necessity of returning the device to the factory, as is the case with prior devices. The container, as will be apparent, is adapted to be used as a hand grenade by removal of the cup 19 and by grasping the container at its neck and hurling the same and the contents on the fire, the fragile container breaking as a result of the impact, as will be apparent, permitting the charge to spread over the lire.

While we 4have shown our device in the preferred form, it will be obvious that changes and modifications may be made in the structure disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention, defined in thel following claims.

We claim:

1. In a Iire extinguishing device, a container having an opening at one end, said container holding a fire extinguishing charge, a closure for said opening, illuminating means mounted in said container and connected to said closure and a dispensing cup mounted on the other end of the container.

2. In a fire extinguishing device, a iiuid container having an opening at one end, said container holding a fire extinguishing charge, a closure for said opening, iluminating means mounted in said container and connected to said closure, said closure embodying provisions for engaging a support and a dispensing cup mounted on the other end of the container.

3. In a tire extinguishing device, a fluid `container having an opening at one end, a

closure for said opening embodying means a support, a cup mounted on the other en of said container and a. holder for releasably supporting said container and said means.

4. A fire extinguishing device comprising a container having a body portion and a neck port-ion, a closure for the neck portion embo ying provisions for engaging a support, a dispensing cup mounted over said body portion opposed to the neck portion and a holder for said containei` comprising an element for holding the body portion of the container and an element for supporting said provisions.

5. A fire extinguishing device comprising a container having a bod portion and a neck portion, the said bo y portion being provided with a dished bottom, a closure for the neck portion embodying provisonsfor engaging a support, a dispensing cup also having adished bottom fitting the container bottom and mounted over said body portion and a holder for said container comprising an element for releasably holding the body ortion of the-container, an element for reeasably supporting said provisions and ad- 'ustable means coperating with the dished ottom and the dispensing cup for retaining the container in the holder against endwise movement.

Signed by ORLANDO R. ERWIN at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 15th day of November,

A. D.. 1920, and by HAROLD V. GLos, at Chicago, C'ook count Illinois, Nov. 23rd, 1920.

RLANDO R. ERWIN. HAROLD V. GLOS. 

